These Sweet Korean Pancakes (Hotteok) are a popular Korean street food made with a super simple yeast dough and traditionally filled with an amazing melt in your mouth mixture of brown sugar, cinnamon and walnuts.

These sweet Korean pancakes, or Hotteok, are not pancakes in the “I want to drizzle syrup and butter all over them and eat them for breakfast” sense.

Although, that certainly could be done.

No, they are a very popular street food in Korea, commonly served during the cold winter months.

Lightly browned on the outside with a gooey, melt in you mouth filling, these are the perfect treat to warm you up on a cold winter day.

Me, I’ll eat them any time. I don’t care if its 120 degrees outside. I want these Hotteok.

Truth be told, you can really fill these “pancakes” with anything you’d like.

Start by combining the dry ingredients in a large bowl and mixing together.

The add the warm milk and butter and stir until a dough forms. Cover and let sit in a warm place to rise for 1-2 hours.

In the meantime, mix the walnuts (or pecans if you choose), brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg together in a bowl and set aside.

Once your dough has risen (it should be about double the size), flatten it and separate into 8 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a 3-4″ circle.

Place 1 tbsp. of the filling in each dough circle and fold the dough up around the filling (see photos below). Flatten the filled dough ball into a 3″ pancake, being careful that none of the filling comes through.

Heat 1-2 tbsp. cooking oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the pancakes and brown on both sides (about 30 second to 1 minute per side). Add 1 tbsp. of water to the pan and cover with a lid. The steam and heat will help the filling melt fully.

Serve these suckers warm while the insides are still nice and gooey.

If you’re looking for more sweet treats, check out these other yummy options:

These sound like stuffed breads that we make in India, with a sweet filling! And that sweet filling sounds super delicious… nutmeg, cinnamon, and sugar with walnuts.. perfect winter recipe! Thanks for sharing.

Can’t wait to try these! Dessert that you can carry with you. We are all about that! The concept of the dough and pan frying is very similar to our spicy beef bao so I know we are up for the challenge. Just pinned!

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